Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1987 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama, Music, History |
| Director | Todd Haynes |
| Runtime | 43 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.0/10 (63 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs its biography by relying on a daring central device: the replacement of actors with modified dolls. This choice explores the objectification of a celebrity, her reduction to a fragile, consumable icon. Haynes uses Carpenter's own music and voice to build a haunting contrast between artistic perfection and personal disintegration.
What lingers after the final frame is the unsettling power of this juxtaposition. The childish aesthetic leaves a profound adult melancholy, a meditation on fame's destructive machinery. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Todd Haynes
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Watch in a focused setting, letting the eerie doll aesthetic and Carpenter's music fully absorb you.
🎭 Cast
Merrill Gruver
Karen (voice)
Michael Edwards
Richard (voice)
Melissa Brown
Mother (voice)
Rob LaBelle
Dad / Mr. A&M (voice)
Cynthia Schneider
Dionne Warwick (voice)
Todd Haynes
Todd Donovan
Bruce Tuthill
Narrator (voice)
Gwen Kraus
Narrator (voice)
Nannie Doyle
Cherry Boone
Larry Kole
Announcer
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